Fraud Team Leader (Fintech & Stablecoins)

Black Pen Recruitment; Remote; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is pursuing a Fraud Team Leader for a remote position in the fintech sector. The ideal candidate will oversee fraud prevention and mitigation strategies globally, develop tools and processes to enhance fraud detection, and manage daily operations of the fraud team. Candidates should possess at least 3 years of relevant experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment focused on innovative solutions in the fintech space.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in risk or fraud department at a payments processor or bank.
• Experience managing a fraud or risk team is an advantage.
• Intermediate to advanced SQL proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day to day work of the fraud team including global fraud prevention and mitigation.
• Develop and monitor fraud detection strategies and processes.
• Interact with banks and third parties for risk-based decision making.

Skills

Experience in fintech/cryptocurrency

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Proficient in Monitoring systems and rules tuning

Excellent communication and documentation skills

Tech savvy

Results driven

Tools

SQL

Financial Crime, AML and STR/SAR directives knowledge

Blockchain analytics tools familiarity

Job description

About the job Fraud Team Leader (Fintech/Stablecoins/Remote)

Our Client is the largest and the first licensed on/off-ramp platform for stablecoins in Africa. They are dedicated to offering innovative solutions in the African stablecoins space. Our client is committed to making stablecoins accessible and understandable for everyone, providing their customers with secure and user-friendly platforms for their financial transactions.

Job Type: Remote | Full-time

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience at payments processor, card acquirer, bank in risk or fraud department
• At least 2 years of experience managing a fraud or risk team (an advantage)
• Experience with Visa and Mastercard risk tools (an advantage)
• Financial services, online payments, e- commerce and mobile wallet experience and monitoring required
• Experience in fintech/cryptocurrency is required
• Intermediate to advanced SQL (an advantage)
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools
• Enhanced knowledge of Financial Crime, AML and STR/SAR directives.
• Proficient in Monitoring systems and rules tuning
• Working knowledge of forecasting and KPIs
• Extremely tech savvy
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Extremely proactive communicator willing to raise flags when needed and keep all relevant stakeholders well informed of ongoing risk or fraud related activities
• Results driven, ability to work under pressure with a high degree of independence and focus

Personal Attributes

• Efficiency focused
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Attention to detail, strong sense of responsibility and very high level of integrity
• Ability to take charge in critical situations and work on resolving problems
• Build, mentor and manage a team
• Adaptable and flexible
• Ability to work across all levels of the organisation and with external stakeholders

Responsibilities:

• Oversee day to day work of the fraud team including fraud prevention and mitigation globally across a large variety of funding methods
• Develop and monitor strategies, tools, processes, models and ensure that they deliver superior fraud detection while balancing approval rate and P&L impacts.
• Oversee investigations on all payment recalls or chargebacks
• Manage resolving queued transactions within service level agreements
• Compiling and implementing security measure systems and fraud prevention strategies
• Interact directly with banks, clients, and other third parties to inform risk-based decision making
• Maintain fraud analysis models to improve efficiency and effectiveness of company systems and make data driven decisions
• Determine existing fraud trends by analyzing accounts and transaction patterns.
• Identify system improvements to prevent fraudulent activities